Recently, senior editor @spurrelly spent time with a group of women on the Puget Sound whose lives—and work—revolve around salmon. Part of a strong community of fishing families, these women are building on traditions kept alive across generations. “The Lummi are one of several Coastal Salish groups in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada that describe themselves as ‘The Salmon People.’ Their heritage, foodways, religion, and identity are innately tied to the fish. ‘I always say there hasn't been a generation in my family that hasn't fished,’ says Ellie Kinley, who began catching salmon with her dad more than two decades ago, at age 23. ‘It’s not the catching part, it’s the fishing part. It’s being at home in the [San Juan] islands, doing what our people have always done.’” Keep reading about the fisherwomen of Puget Sound at the link in bio.